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Article Review of 'Health Inequalities and the Health of the Poor' by Gwatkins

"...it must also be recognized that, although the health sector is not necessarily the most important channel for dealing with ine...

Economic and Political Perspectives on Health, Aging, and Utilization of Health Services

but much of the cost is a simple reflection of the fact that medical science is keeping people alive longer than it has in previou...

Developed Country's Health Plan and Bill Clinton's Health Plan Compared

The changes that have occurred in healthcare over the last few years make it obvious that if healthcare representatives are to do ...

Case Study of the United Kingdom's National Health Service Direct and Mental Health Provision

the telephone as well as the Internet and walk in centres, to answer queries form patients in the effort to reduce the number of v...

Children's Dental Health and Public Health Policy

not view dentistry as very important. Some citizens see it as optional, but oral health is anything but. Apparently, citizens need...

Oxford Health's Management Operations

In one page a January 1998 article by Jim Champy featured in Computerworld entitled 'What Went Wrong at Oxford Health?' is summari...

Health Data Interactive and the National Center for Health Statistics

This paper explores human longevity as pictured by government statistics. Why is human longevity increasing at the same time dise...

World Health Organization and Global Health Issues

most pressing concern was a thorough assessment of the health issues and problems throughout the world and to suggest ways of deal...

Old Age Conceptual Understanding

In eight pages this paper attempts to understand the concept of 'old age' and the current lack of respect being accorded senior ci...

Article Critique/Perceptions of Palliative Care

(in English) between the years 1989 and 2004. The extent of the literature review appears to be sufficient to support the research...

Wound Care/Wet-to-Dry v. Advanced Dressings

the same manner, however, this dressing is intended to stay moist until removal; however, this may become a wet-to-dry dressing in...

Contemporary Nursing Ethics

this development and left orders for both analgesia and sedation, which helped at first, but became less effective as the hours pa...

ICU Delirium

hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...

Communication Issues/Neonatal ICU

some problems that can be encountered include "breast engorgement, nipple soreness, and latch-on" (Hurst, 2007, p. 207). An interp...

Dementia

emotional (limbic) memories are affected, and the last group of memories to be affected as the "motor or more reptilian memories,"...

Alternative Education and Magnet Schools

Since that time, the program - which continues to be an integral component to the public school system - has expanded to incorpora...

Alternative Causes and Comorbidity of Major or Unipolar Depression

understood for - and treated as - the incapacitating disease it is. Chemical imbalance in the brain has long been thought t...

PTSD And False Memories - Alternative Treatment For Trauma

than verbal descriptions (Frey, n.d.). 3. Avoidant symptoms: The patient attempts to reduce the possibility of exposure to anythin...

Alternative Medical Approaches

use these techniques only in response to certain ailments, such as back or neck pain (Steiner 20). However, another difference is ...

Assessing An Alternative To The Use Of Interactive Voice Response Systems

will be a number of calls placed through each system to assess the length of time it takes to reach certain point of the conversat...

Alternative Therapy Represented by Art Therapy

Art Therapy Association, 2003). Art therapy typically is used for and is effective for treatment of those who are impaired develop...

Fuel Cells as an Energy Alternative

subsidies for driving (Martin, 1996). Of the total, air pollution demands $66 billion, land use $65 billion, and noise pollution ...

Contract Payment Alternatives and HMOs

same basic framework. If specific fees are determined contractually and the HMO remains solvent, then there is little risk associ...

Exploring Complementary and Alternative Medicine

in fact no particular system that is called holism (1999). Rather, holistic medicine is really alternative. At the same time, ther...

Alternative Therapies for ADD/ADHD

possibly over-stimulating to the developing brain (Christakis, et al, 2004). ADD/ADHD is diagnosed on the basis of reports from ...

Feasible Alternative Represented by Nuclear Energy

per cent below 1990 levels" (Environment Canada, 2002). The Kyoto Protocol was really in a state of limbo until October 22, 2004...

Alternative Medicine Therapies of Energy Medicine, Rebirthing, and Pranayama

from clear whether or not breathing exercises can have beneficial effects of specific conditions, such as asthma (Thomas, 2003). A...

Disease Treatment Through Alternative and Holistic Medicine Approaches

approaches that are specifically utilized to improve health, the percentage of Americans relying on CAM jumps to sixty-two percent...

An International Cruise Line Alternative Information Technology Initiative

certain amount of control when another company runs its IT functions. A second alternative is to set up their own IT systems that...

'An Alternative Approach The Unfolding Model of Voluntary Employee Turnover' Review

shock, (b) a match with a rule or with previous decision situations, and (c) a script-driven decision" (Lee, et al., 1996; p. 5), ...